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Bandon is a small town of 3,330 people in Coos County, Oregon. It's about 72 miles from Grants Pass, OR and 189 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 68°F and winter highs 55°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $503k and rent runs about $963 a month.
3,330people
$503kTypical home
$963/moRent
68° / 55°Summer / winter
0"Snow
146Sunny days
166Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,330
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,207 people per sq mi
- 189 mi to Portland, OR
- 72 mi to Grants Pass, OR
- 21 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $503k (≈$3,173/mo)
- Median rent $963/mo
- Median household income $48k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 68°F
- Winter highs around 55°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 146 sunny days a year (33 totally clear)
- 219 cloudy days a year
- 68 of 90 winter days are gray
- 166 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (79 per 100k)
- Low property crime (988 per 100k)
People
- Median age 57
- 19% of households have kids
- 35% are 65 or older
- 30% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 23 mi to OTH airport
- 193 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 133 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 75% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1987
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 72 ft
- Right on the coast
- 126 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 112 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 52 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 5 bars within 25 mi
- 15 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 47 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 27% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 47 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 12 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 56 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Coos County: R+20 in 2024
- Oregon: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk